Quoted from briguy

So I signed up, loks nice, but when is the actual switchover? Or did I miss that somewhere on this tgread?
Damm spelling and beer dont mix , just wait till Saturday I get to barf on Geralds machines and blame B1

For the switch, it will be totally up to you all, members.

My plan is to build the best forum as possible until the switch. That means, as long as members are not happy with the new implementation, there will be no official switch, simple as that.

I've got a lot to look into, thanks to everyone who joined the new one and made comments on how it could be improved, it is much appreciated.

From now on, i will only post on the new forum for the updates, bug fixes, polls etc... It's already hard to keep up on one forum, reading 2 is near impossible, so if you want to be part of the decisions, please register over there.

Of course, i'll keep on posting and will start a poll eventually to make sure everyone is ready for the switch. Until then, keep having fun !

Thanks !

P.S. It is weird, did anyone get the 500 error after i started working on the new forum ? Damn Murphy's law...

Quoted from Azatotht

P.S. It is weird, did anyone get the 500 error after i started working on the new forum ? Damn Murphy's law...

Nope. Probably E-blah knowing it's head's on the chopping block and straightened up!

Quoted from Azatotht

For the switch, it will be totally up to you all, members.

My plan is to build the best forum as possible until the switch. That means, as long as members are not happy with the new implementation, there will be no official switch, simple as that.

I've got a lot to look into, thanks to everyone who joined the new one and made comments on how it could be improved, it is much appreciated.

From now on, i will only post on the new forum for the updates, bug fixes, polls etc... It's already hard to keep up on one forum, reading 2 is near impossible, so if you want to be part of the decisions, please register over there.

Of course, i'll keep on posting and will start a poll eventually to make sure everyone is ready for the switch. Until then, keep having fun !

Thanks !

P.S. It is weird, did anyone get the 500 error after i started working on the new forum ? Damn Murphy's law...

Here is my take on this... we will never get a 100% consensus, and we know it is time to move on to another forum base, so I suggest that we set a definitive date on a switch-over. I suggest that Azatotht picks a date since he is doing the work.

As for what is in it, and this is my view on it, as long as the same categories are there and there is a PM capability, we can work around that. I suggest that you all take a look at the new forum and make suggestions, because when the switch-over happens, all suggestions will be dealt with on a more long-term basis as we will be focusing on making it work.

So Az, pick a date and let's make it happen.

And as for re-registering, I can always do some automatically by registering you all myself... you would get an email asking to revalidate you account, but I figure I can do my part.

Quoted from Sparky

Here is my take on this... we will never get a 100% consensus, and we know it is time to move on to another forum base, so I suggest that we set a definitive date on a switch-over. I suggest that Azatotht picks a date since he is doing the work.

I agree with Sparky on this.  Big kudos to Sylvain for carrying this through and my appologies for letting my work get in the way.  Free hands off (or on if you want me to help administrate) hosting offer is still on the table - but let me know if its no longer needed so that I can reclaim the space I had set up for it on our server.

Thanks!

Quoted from Sparky

Here is my take on this... we will never get a 100% consensus, and we know it is time to move on to another forum base, so I suggest that we set a definitive date on a switch-over. I suggest that Azatotht picks a date since he is doing the work.

Totally agree with this.. you'll never please everyone, especially if they're French  

*runs away*

Allright, i'll give us a little while to polish the new one and announce a switch date.

Right now, the main thing is the portal. I am debating installing the plugin or not, because i think it will cause some issues with the templates. I will try it thou, as long as i can remove it after...

What do you all like so much about the portal ? I never use it myself, i always use the "latest posts" view...

Just trying to see if its that much the portal or a feature that you like.. might be implemented in another way.

I never use the portal, i'm fine with no portal personally.

I use the Portal view in E-blah exclusively as my entry into the site.  

It's the rundown of Latest Threads list that I find most useful.  Everything else is superfluous, although sometimes "Top Members" is useful and Active Users.  

The "Recent Posts" is a nice view but I don't use it as it's too much reading and too cluttered.

The only other "required" option that I would like, is to be emailed for subscribed forums/topics.  That doesn't work for me in E-blah now (which is why Gory beats me to the good pin sales).  Subscribed threads works, but not subscribed forums/topics.

Quoted from Azatotht

What do you all like so much about the portal ? I never use it myself, i always use the "latest posts" view...

Just trying to see if its that much the portal or a feature that you like.. might be implemented in another way.

The recent post is too detailed.  The portal shows just the titles so guys can choose to read or not.

Mike

Quoted from MrMikeman

The recent post is too detailed.  The portal shows just the titles so guys can choose to read or not.

Mike

Try it on the phpBB version, it does show the threads only and not all the posts...

Quoted from websherpa

The only other "required" option that I would like, is to be emailed for subscribed forums/topics.  That doesn't work for me in E-blah now (which is why Gory beats me to the good pin sales).  Subscribed threads works, but not subscribed forums/topics.

Try it its on onthe phpBB site, look top right of a forum/thread, there is a "subscribe this forum" button.. it's supposed to work, let me know if it does.

the "subscribe" and pm notifications features of phpBB work great, and they're instant.

I also use the eblah portal exclusively.. it'd be missed for sure.